Thread: Leahy: Hearing on comprehensive immigration reform set for April 17

Leahy: Hearing on comprehensive immigration reform set for April 17

By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has formally announced an April 17 hearing on comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will testify.
The hearing is in part the result of talks with the bipartisan Gang of Eight working on the soon-to-be unveiled legislation -- including Marco Rubio, who pushed for a slower committee process.
The mark-up is now not expected to begin until early May.
Some Republicans on the panel are unhappy with the schedule, saying it still does not allow enough time for the committee’s review of all the issues addressed in the bill.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, a leading opponent of the reform effort, said in a statement that “to acquiesce to such a process would be to accept the Majority’s plan to rush through this massive legislation before the American people know what’s in it.”
　
　
　
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They are going to have a hearing on a bill that has not been filed and has not been released to anyone yet??? What a farce!!

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A "hearing" -- in other words ONE hearing. What a joke. Rubio had previously said he wanted multiple hearings. Let's see if he (Rubio) lives up to the promises he made on the Rush Limbaugh show and walks away from this sham.

I hope Rush, Mark Levin and the rest of the conservative media calls Rubio on this.

Some details @ http://www.alipac.us/f12/democrats-d...cement-275843/

More details @ http://www.alipac.us/f12/broad-outli...emerge-275846/

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Through leaks to the press, we've learned a some of the details.

First, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said, the legalization will come before the enforcement. Millions of illegal aliens will receive amnesty once DHS submits a plan to Congress detailing how they'll secure the border. Just to clarify, they only have to show a plan; they don't have to actually do it. Just like the border promises of 1986, these promises will likely be long forgotten after the amnesty is granted.

Second, even though the Gang's plan calls for increased border security, it only calls for increases in areas where there are high numbers of illegal border crossings. I'm sure it won't be too difficult for the sophisticated smugglers that have been evading detection for years to relocate their operations to another spot along the 3,000-mile border.

Third, the plan calls for a 5-year implementation of E-Verify. We're happy to see E-Verify included in the plan, but Rep. Lamar Smith's bill in the last Congress rolled out the program in three years with most employers required to use it in the first 6 months. This slow of a phase-in will give ample time for more illegal workers to flood across the borders and secure jobs that could otherwise go to unemployed Americans.

Fourth, the plan calls for completion of the entry/exit system (again, a positive step), however, it only covers completion at sea and air ports. Each day, thousands of foreign visitors enter the country using land ports at places like El Paso, Texas, San Diego, Calif., Buffalo, N.Y., and Detroit, Mich. None of these ports will be required to install the entry/exit system.

Fifth, the plan's guest-worker program, which will eventually provide up to an additional 200,000 "temporary" work permits a year, isn't so temporary. The plan hammered out by the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will permit workers to change jobs and eventually allow them to apply for a green card.

From www.numberusa.com

More info: http://www.alipac.us/f12/immigration...earing-276034/

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